Removable table-top.



PATENTED MAY '5, 1908.

N. 0. MERRILL. REMOVABLE TABLE TOP.

APPLICATION TILED SEPTJS, 1907.

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K ATTORNEY Iii) NATHAN O. MERRYLL, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,CANADA.

REMOVABLE TABLE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908'.

Application filed. September 18, 1907. Serial No. 393,517.

Fa aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN C. MERRILL, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Removable iulle-lops, of which the following is a specillLiltlOii. v

This invention relates to ameens for remove-lily securing asupplementary top to it Ruble and for attaching the removed top to awall or to other vertical frames or'surieces, such as the under side ofanuptilted bed.

It is particularly designed for use in apertinent houses where spacerequires to be closely economized and where one room may be called uponto serve the combined purpose of a parlor or living-roo1n and a.bedroom.

.ln small room it table large enough for lining would he obviously inthe way wh en the room is to be used as it sitting-room or parlor andthe difficult Y is comn'ionly expe rienced of disposing in such a roomof at table top of on: size, where it will not be unsightly orinconvenient. To accomplish this propose in 21 satisfactory manner Iattach the larger table top to the smaller one by a hinge pint ofparticular form that will permit the :irger top to be turned verticallyupward, in,

which position it may be moved against and deposited in hook supports onthe bottom of my upfolding bed, on which an application for LettersPatent was filed on the third day of October, 1906, under Serial No.837197 which bed being moimted on a rotatable panel co be turned withinthe bed recess while some article 11-1 parlor furniture s;ccured to theopposite side of the panel ex- -Aed La) the room. i i

The iruren'tion is particularly described in the following;- s')\'!(}l'll(l.ll0ll reference being made to the drawings by woich it isace-imipcnicd, in which:

F gure 1 is perspective 'icw showing the table in the position ofdepositing the remow able top in supports secured to the bottom of anuptiltcd bed, or :is in the act of removing the table top therefrom Fig.a perspective View of that portion of .he hinge joint which is attachedto the smaller or pvrn'nn'icnt top ol -the tc ii, a similar view of theother port aol the hingr ihivh is secured to the undo; side of theremovable top, and Fig. 4, Eldetziil of the clout which supports andcarries the upper end of the removable l top showing it in thehorizontal position as when the bed to the bottom of which it issupported is in the horizontal or downward position.

In these drawings, 2 represents the frame of the table, 3 being thesmaller and permanent top thereof, and 4 the removable upper top.

Secured to one edge of the permanent top 3 are hinge plates 5 eachhaving a socket aperture passing from the upper surface, as ct thusleaving a portionS corresponding to a hinge pin along the upper outeredge of the topl This aperture is tapered from its ontering end at o toits lower end. at 7 to aii'ord facility for the entrance of acorresponding hook member 9 secured to and projecting from the underside of the removable top 4.

The hook members 9, when the removable top 4 is in place as e table,will hold the top secure against lateral movement and will providehinges on which it maybe turned to the vertical or upright position, inwhich position the hook members 9 may be lifted out of the sockets 6, 7or, if the top 4 is supported the sockets 6, 7, may be lowered fromengcgement with the hook members 9.

On the bottom of the tiltable bed 11. such as is described in my patentapplication before referred to are two hook supports 10 secured at aheight from the floor line slightly less than that of the lower end ofthe removable top 4, when it is in the upended or vertical position, sothat when the table, with the removable top in the upended position, isruuon its casters against the bottom ofthe i led li d. the lower edge of4 will clear they of the limiks 1i) and by canting the table upward,somewhat as shown in Fig. 1, the

top 4 will he dcpos' .cd in the hook supports it) and the hinge sockets'3 be disengaged lron'i the hook members i).

The upper end of the top 4- is retuined in place by n elect 12 securedto the bottom of the tiltoble bed, and downwardly projecting towurd thehook supports 10, the lower end of the elect 12 being such a height fromthe floor level that the table will require to be canted as slniwn inFig. l to enable the upper edge of the top 4 to be passed upbehind theelect 12 a su'l'licient distance to enable the lower edge of the top toclear the tips of the supporting hooks 10. The face 13 of the cleetagainst which the wide top rests is I curved or tapered outward somewhatas 6, toward the outer edge ot the top as at 7 shown-in Fig. 4,whichconformation is dc signed to prevent the accidental disengagementof the table top from the books I when the bed frame 11 is lowered, asthe end of 4 which is carried bythe that 12'wi1l rest on the curvature13 toward its outer end,.and will re, uire to move up'the incline'13before it can isengage from 10.

In the operation pf removing the'remow able top from its "sup ortsionthe bottom of an uptilted bed app ying the same to the table 2,'the'table Z -is can-ted somewhat as shown in Fig. 1 "and thehook members 9are inserted in the apertures 6 of the hinge plates. The outer legs ofthe table 2 are then brought to their normal position on the floor whichmovement elevates the hinge edge of 3' a suificient amount to lift theremovable top 4 clear'of the tips of the hook supports 1Q. The table isthen drawn back slightly from the bed and again canted which will lowerk the upper edge of the removable top 4 and free it from enga summitwith the oleat 12,

- after which the ta le maybe run on its casters to the desired positionandthe top 410wered on its hinges to the horizontal position on the top3. Conversely when it'is desired to transfer the to 4 from the table 3to the bottom of an uptilted bed, 4 is turned on its hinges to theupended position and the table is run on its casters against the bottomof the" uptilted bed; the table 3 is then cantedup-,

ward in the manner shown in Fig. 1, to bring the upper edge of 4 underthe cleat 1 2. It is then brought to the normal. position and IRushed into bring the lower edge over the 00k supportslO and again canted todeposit it 1n the hooks, and to disengage the inge sockets 6 from bers9.

Althohgh lengthy to describe, the opera tions of applying and removingthe supplementary top 4 are exceedingly siniple to perform, and thefacility with which the to 4 may be removed from off the table 3 w endesired and transferred within the bed recess where it is entirely outof sight, is exceedingly convenient and particularly so for use in therooms of apartment houses, for which it has been designed.

' being arranged en the hinge hook mem ceases port at a position belowthe table, a downwardly directed hook secured to'said support in aposition above the table, socket members secured to the top of saidtable, hooks secured to said an plemental table top, all iistantially asshown and described whereby when thesupplemental top is sup ortedinsaidsupport hooks and the table tilted up, the table top hooks maybebrought into engagement with the-table top sockets to cause the tableto act as a lever in removing the supplemental top from-the supporthooks.

2. The combination with a table having a fixed top and a supplementalremovable top, of a vertical support, supporting hooks secured to saidvertical su port in a position adjacent the floor and bel dw the planeof the a top of the table, another supporting hook secured to thesupport above the first men tioned supporting hooks and in a positionabove the'top-of the table, said supporting hooks, (adapted to supportthe removable table to in avertical position; said removable tab e tophaving table engaging hooks arranged in a lposition below the topof thetable, said b e having sockets to cooperate with said last named hooks,all being arranged so that; as the table is tilted with its top at anangle to the horizontal, the table engaging hooks may. be entered intothe table sockets and the supplemental table top pried up and out of thesupfporting hooks and swung down parallel yvit the to of the tablesubstantially asshown and escribedl f In testimony whereof 'I havesignedmy 7 name to this specificatibn in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

NATHAN O. MERRILL. Witnesses: p

ROWLAND BRITTAIN, CLIVE 'S. CARMAN.

